Trace Button Instance Problem

[solomatrix]

I have a movieclip and a button on the root named mc and btn respectively.

When I trace the movieclip:

code:

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on (rollOver){

	trace(this);

}

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I get _level0.mc

However when I trace the button all I get is _level0.

I need to be able to somehow get the instance of the targeted button on a rollover. Is this possible?

[catbert303]

the old style button events - on(whatever) don't have their own scope, so within them the keyword "this" will refer to the timeline that contains the button.

you should either use the MX style event handlers,

code:

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someButton.onRollOver = function() {

    trace(this);

};

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or use movie clips instead of buttons.

[solomatrix]

Thanks, that's kinda what I figured. I just didn't want to locally code 25 buttons or have to change them all to mc's, but who really plans ahead anyways.